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Mohave County miner., 1887-01-02
s.rtfcr frous W. ID. HARDY.
Editor lIisyE

Editor MIsyE:--
Wbefc does tho laugh coma iES Several
tii.os s.gcs election have Eo2rd ehuChlirg
ani l.rghing kecauao wa defeated tor
Joint csti,c.Ini,n. The eiEiDr IF tts DeBlo,
cralis pGpor at Kiacrnau has several times
referred to the matter IN his Tribane. 1T
will be remembered that tie editor referred
to was the regular nominee OF the Demo-
cratic ticket for Cour.y Clerk, end was
defeated ty t23 majority By .hc regular
noalinca ca the Repgbi:Gsn tioknt, while my
nanss srpe.red on Size regular Republican
ticket, and gnt So majority in tins, nsy own
coanty. L. is true was bsatea in the dis-
triot. i. Was weli.knqyn fast before
election that whsn was Tneiubor of the
Territorial Council did stgae IN ta7os VI
fostering on; mining interests, that TO tax
or clog itese interests vas but 10 kill the
bird that laid the golden egg. Arizona be-
ing led inland, su-plus ofagriculturai
products could never be shipped to the ssa-
boz rd with profit. And. as the proaact Of
our Minus was equal to cash, 10 encourage
mining was to open home market for
produce.
/: II wc,i cst .blished fact that to exclude
ali the mining and prospecting in Arizona
az the pro5ont time, ths bll-ncs does not
pay excuses, 10 say nothing about wages.
1t appea,s that Mohavs connty was the cnIy
o,unty ia .hs northern district in which
sn:nors had-a majority. Tie only reel agri-
cultural precinct in the county gave me but
one vote. while the only reel mining pre-
oincs lCiip} in Ynrna county gave my opp
nent bat ono vote. 1t was generally under
stood before election that Mr.. Cornwall was
in favor ef bullion tax, or a tax on mining
interests that would greatly cripple this in
dustry and in manner stop prospecting
The result Of all Of those fears will soon be
aeen, and the results Of the deliberations Of
a Dcmocrat Legislature will soon be known.
Further comment may be in order afieI
the 14th legislature ndiourna. As for the
iaboring iuterests they figured but little in
the last election.
Take thu whole vote of tho Torritory to.
eethsr. aud IL looks az though a. Ieast one
third Of the vosn was what might DO called
an indeoehdent vote. that there Was at least
one third Of the voters that was rot bound
by party platforms or party ties. lam sor'
ry 10 loarn that, while many of tiia class
denounced The moropoiists and bloted c!p-
italists, they stood ready to sell their vote
for small consideration. Az long Rs this
state u affairs EXITS tbs isboringclass will
be bat poems and tools Of inscriptions aris-
toeracy r-- g.. .. g..
". n. HAnpT.
Mohave County miner., 1887-01-02

There ia rot . hou:e.in town to bo had
for io7e or money.
CarpsnteTs are as scarce as hens tosth
AID rev aid eggs.
County Judge BlalSeig has located tempo.
rarily With tho District Attorney. ~ as
Capt. Hardy has Communication irt this
issuo n which he has good deal to fay
about hiraself.
Sheriff S.cen has ro.appoiptcd James Eos-
Jim ia GOOD RAN ane an efficient offcoT.
4 ilo2an colleges would be about ~ good
an Investment as any6f our local capitalists
c9afd rnqke They wauld find tensnsa ir1-
mcdirls!y.
W0 ara Srac- rnany obligations TO County
fudge BlakeiS ani District Attorney Will
Iiams for tho uss OF @ corner in their ofiice
in which TO get up few leases" and do our
editorial york.
J. z. Haisey has inst finished a neat aud
Gonna adions offico at bis lumber yard. This
was rnssdo rscessafy by the constantly in
creasirg business done by Mr.. Hsisey in
the matter Of doors, windows, mopldings
&c. ...
Sheriff steon has re.appoiuted otto y
Kuencsr IS UndeT.sheriff Mr.. Kuoncer has
made faithful and competent officer dur.
ing the past two years, and his appointment
or another tern seems TO give genera! aat.
isfactinn.
Mohave County miner., 1887-01-02
Free Trade.

The reduction Of internal revenue and the
taking of Of revenue stamps from PrOprie-
burden Of home manufacturers. Esp cialiy
il this the case with Green's August Flower
and Boaohee's German Syrup. as the reduc-
tion of thirty.six ccnEs per dozen, has been
Edded to increase the size of the bottles
containing theso remedies. thereby giving
oBe-Rfth more uledioine in the Is cent size
The August Flower fer Dyspepsia and Liver
Complaint. and the German Syrup for
CouGfl and Lung troubles, have perhaps the
largest sale Of aiiy medicine in the world.
The advantage Of increased size of the bot
lies will be greatly appreciated by the sick
end afflicted, in every town aud village in
ci yiIized countries. Sample bottle for 10
cents rcmaiu the same size, I'd.
O.. O. ".
Mohave County miner., 1887-01-02

Tho Honorable Board of Supervisors Of
the County OF Mohnve, met al the County
Seat on Tuesday. January i.h, pursuant
4, sd:ourameat. Present, Samuel Crozisr.
Chairman, and Msgsrs. Nelson ana Johnson
Supervisor.
Ninnles Of yesterday read aad approved.
Ga motion, tlia following bills we're take,
rr, su6iitd atA iS!ioIed in tie following
s-aoan.a, ard warranas ordered 10 be drawn
on the ea.cc i've fInds tLe:af0r:
W. @. EIakeiy. ssiu:y 81 D.strirt
kttc1 1=.cy. Eainy Fad, 100 %
Eesche d: Co., Ear:haE2.po. Csa-
ert! fu.l. ~ Ca
I'M. I"-.+y, Gsgary rs CDFnty
Jo,lse GsGo:s; E@Gi, COZ o.
l.. E:sen, Gs~n fDr mi.eaEs 30,
Gsastal Fan,t, GS3 Is
!. II. rari5q, f.T '.2:'s f@ag, Ger
Ell. Tasair q 70
An,31 Ga sI}tis Ff;ns:rs "a"
CyntiaIsas ":.22s, iss %
C. l.. s;ii:GDae, bj.r.l aad lodging
/ - f,r .Ddisors sieE, cgasri -
Fa.d, g., - .r. a'o W
G.. L. HERMAN, b',.sd for .prisoa.
erx, CvHt;rQe:!s EunI, G2 90
CalI se.i Wn3.', sai'ry as clerk
of 10 I>o1rtr OF Supervisors.
Gsiisg / Fdal, - lzS ~
Voting aye, tho fai' rosTd. -..
Mohave County miner., 1887-01-02
Notice to Creditors.

Estate OF Charles Spencer decoased: No.
tice Is BE eby given BY TIE unde-sip ned OK
ec1.or Of the estate Of Charles Spencer, do
ceased. 20 the creditors of, and all persons
haring c:ai,as against che said DECEASED, to
EXHIBIT thaia with TIE necessary vDnchers,
v;Eh'r, ten r:onths after the first publicrtion
Of thisEottcs. to lie raid executor at Grants
st7r3 IN the tog7n I H4ckbcrTy, tho same
being 4. ylanH FOR the transaction Of IT,"
'usi oas oG saiI caGats, IN the co7n!y Of
M03H,s. EaGd e MiSs.At Park, December
Els', 1885.
FhTfrTL Cpo+Tg.',
EI@aai,, o. TIC o,..tc of Charles >5?"u~c
I.4t..1.
Mohave County miner., 1887-01-02
Notice 0f Order Appointing time
for Hearing Application T."
Sell Personal Property

In the Probate Coart Of tbe County of
Mohaye. Territory OF Arizona.
III the matter of tiis estate Of Charles
Spe.-car, deoslssd: Notice is hereby given
that pussasnt TO an order OF tko Judge OF
said court. made ON Tie 3lSt day Of Deceni-
Der, 1896, upon tbs application OF Samuel
Crazier, executor Of tao estate Of Charles
Spsr cor, Geoo,.ssI, for aa o-dor to sci! u par:
OF tho pe:soa,l property o. said e9sa:o. No.
toe ia he-sJy given ti2t Monday, tia f0,i
d4v of JAn,iary, 1881, ~ 2 u'clook p. M, "f
saia day. at the off 20 og tho G.'ansy Iadge
% s4!a Mohays Cy'i"tv, i& he tirne and
pI.ao n4.l by ssid Jlds.: w!:ea XII qrrsoHG
l.ltu1os..i in aid o11.iJ u = Cpana9 bef1!O
s,11 Cornly or Pr13l... JaI%o .J.d s!,v
ga 81 s3hY gGci order ~ -" not H. III Dc.
D..tcI Daco,uber 81 e.
J.. DA:t9G-:.
J. ". SirgyfY, Hfsb1tg lGTE.
Att'y foF The est,.i1.
Ug,n Z, I'd cause Ism sh,T.n q Is bcrlty
cssi5'sl :Ait tie LGy1rE q tie t"r"r" Is
spg'i5li. Ii 33 All tEs s. a. Il p1EtJ2ns!
ua4H Iyhi IS, JaCH ~ 77'E, 1857.
=. n BL.Ka'.2
C3.a!" judge
Mohave County miner., 1887-01-02

A cT5TI5and Il @'2t1 2oIt@ys, and " :
4 .IiTIwi:i N II yp1 !.,'s % yaI, val
n ~ Ill \ nsb!e, gu'rpls box of goods
iaat VII pat goa in :hc vty os rn@hiag more
iaoney a3 Jaos, than anything el>a in Am
rr:cr. Eth sczcs ct IF eaos cnn live At
hone ard p,ork in spi:a tine, or ell tho
l:..o. C..E<tai not rsluiied. We viii start
ysa. I.1.a$ls0 pay sac foc th1'e Eho start
AZ oa,s. sf.rss1n 4 o., pcr.lNd, Matte.
Mohave County miner., 1887-01-02
40 raE pUBLIC.

Owinsto .ao unav ,ids',ls d day in getting
s1r ii!aing re ely tae aES&E osic' pc e'upied
t.ls opel stree. dnrins tho past week Oar
Eincrnln readers viii knoS tas difficulties
nrder vi We pave iab;rsd in gsts'n2 out
This i,srs, and ~ili no. sx2ec; too nasa Of
us %F.a ~ - a. ~f
Mohave County miner., 1887-01-02

TFr Ea,T;B 20 wade. Gut .hir catard
iI n = "a 10 no (. 70 us, aud ws will
-%L| = - = send ypI fsee. some hing "f
pe.2y.leJ &rd Importance 10 you, that
- 4 sta4r yo4 III baain32s which viii bring
.yttl IN r,cra Nancy right aray than any
;h;ny aj,o in .hia world. k1y0ue c%n do
tie wu:l n,1 !iva a. home. Either ecx; AL
uCaE. s 'ro3. king row, that JUS cSins :uor
o. IL. il wDrkgrA We will start you; clpa.
~ n.,s as7df5. I'u;i Il ono of the ganaina,
important chances OF f. lifetimo. Those
vho are rns'j::iOuS and entrrpribing will
not Ggiay. Grind outfit free. kGd?ess
TEus j. Co., Au.ussA. Maine.
Mohave County miner., 1887-01-02
peaeh springs Iteans.

Mrs. j. r. Brady and ber -four children
left for Los Angeles on tha 30.f, at which
place We hear shs will hereafter reside.
Oar pgblic school Is doing remarkably
wellunder the esre''of Nv. j. Coin with q
ayofafe attendance nf about nine sshoIar.
Mr.. Coin is careful and conscientious in.
sirsctor end seems to give general satisfao.
tton % the parents hero. N
There ars eighteen or twenty mon now
working IN the railroad sl,oss At thii, place.
and 1t ia expected that tho force will soon be
increased. This will. .be mado necessary bv
tho rapidly increasing business Of tho At
lantio a. Pacific road.
Ifis runored tkat..the Atchison, Topeka
and Santa Fe system will take charge Of the
Atlantic q Pacific road on the LIST of Janu-
ary. .~... .-.. .......
Our Popular Supervisor elect J. l.. Nelson
Ia wearing handsome diamond pin, pra-
tented ~ him By his wife 81 Christmas.
Some Of the boys on tho road say that when
Nelson Goos ont on dark night that that
diamond shows up like tho headlight Of o
locomotive. ....
Chns. Collins ia running the railroad eat
ing house at the depot In fine style, and sets
table that is hardly oqnaiied on the road.
There Is runlor in the air that certain
handsome young lady who lives not OVER q
hundred miles from Peach Sprinas, aud a
certain young engineer on the road will join
hands for bettor or worse about the latter
part Of January. From.certain.'ir indications
10 is evident their hearis have been iofnod
for some time.
Judge FarIee left here severai days since
on horsebaok..for tho Wil,oas.for the pur.
poso Of joining Iu tho bonds Of matrfmony
Miss Jennie Hunt and Hon. A. Cornwall
OEs Justice, who thiaks he knows tho coun.
Try as weil.as the Indians, undeH ook 70
make short cut scFoss the county, and
got mixed up Ia tho box canyons which
aDolnd'i in that country, with The result of
b3ing on. two d4ys and night without
food or watsr. Ee finally mEde bis VA back
10 t1gu, and by the aid OF tho telegraph uire
and gn Indian, word wss sont 10 tho PARTIES
ard the happy couple wore daily united soon
afterwards Mt blackberry.
Mohave County miner., 1887-01-02
COUNTY LICENSES.

Tac law requiring all County
Licenses to be applied for fn ad"
vance efcornInencnng any business
will hereafter he strictly enforced.
All pc ssoEs now Ia arrears for LIZ
eenses n,tsst settle Before the 2fth
ofDrce Babsr Et,Stt, pr legal steps
will be taf&a1s - HaFareo payment
of the ssgste.
EO8ERT SFEEN.
q sheriff.
fA.sGlris IienEsr Tax Collector.
Mohave County miner., 1887-01-02
Notice ofTime and Place ofPrv
Ing VIII and Hearing AppIies-
tioss for Letters Of Administrs,
ton.
In the Probate Court OF the County OF
Mohays, Territory or Arizona.
in the matter Of tho Estatej

of
CHAELlG Spgscgs, deceased.
Pursuant 10 an order Of sid Court made
and entered on tho seventh day Of Decem.
ber A. -. 1856, notice is hereby given that
Monday, the twenty-seyenth day OF De-
oetnber, ~ o'clock p. n. ~ said dry, ct
the Court Room Of said Conrt, 1T Mineral
Park. in the county cf Mohave, Territory
OF htizpps, has been appointed ~ the
time and !,laco for psoying the will OF said
Charles Spencer, deceased. and for hearing
the application of Saninel Croz!er for the
issuance to him Of letters tsstamentary,
when and where any person interested may
appear and contest tho same.
Bv order Of the Court.
Dated at Mineral Park this 9th day Of
December, 1885.
l.. DAVIDSON,
Clerk.
JcHg M. MURPHY,
Attorney for Petitioner.
Dec3.td
Mohave County miner., 1887-01-02

VNTTcan live at home, ard make more
I'LL money at work for us, thaa at any.
~ thing else IN this world. Capital
not needed; you are started frsc. Bot
sexes; all ages. Anyone can do the work.
Large earnings sure from the 6rst start.
Costly outfit and terms free. Better not
delay. Costs you nothing TO seud IA your
address and find out; IL yoa are wise you
will do 30 at once, n, HALLKrT a Co.,
Pna tland, Maine.
Mohave County miner., 1887-01-02

- - Subscribers to this paper will confer =
favor by sending notice Of any irsega'arisy
in itsde!iyery TO this Office.
Mohave County miner., 1887-01-02

I.P. Fisher aad c. q. Daxs are ar:horiz-
sa agents in San Yrsnoisso Of tie sioHavr
CcUxTY sfrSgB.
Mohave County miner., 1887-01-02
. Meal Stations.

Meal Stations. ...a .... .....~e
Through tickets to all The principal cities
east aud west on sale at the following Sta
tions: Albuquerque, Eolbrook, Winsiow,
Flagstaff, Peach Springs, Kingman, Pres.
Mohave County miner., 1887-01-02

Trains on the Atlantic and Pacific Hail.
roadare run on Mountain or Standard Time.
Mohave County miner., 1887-01-02
STAGE CONNECTIONS.


Via Lnguna to the Indian village of
Acoina. Is miles.
Via Winsatc to Fort Wingate, 3 miles;
Zuni Is miles.
Via Nanuciito TO Fers Defanae NAV
ajo agency), % miles; Canon de Chells. 6s
miles; kesms Canon, 30 miles.
Via HOIbroeIs, tri!weekly stages TO st.
Johns, ~ miles; Fort Apache, 10 miles;
SprinRervillo, 80 miles: Show Low. 30 N lies
Taylorsilis, 35 miles; Moqui Indian village
(no regular stsge) 80 miles.
Via wiuslsw to Brigham City and Sun-
set.
Via Ash Fork, daily stages to Prescott
and Whipple Barracks, "a miles; daily stag
o. from Prescott to PheaIx. and til weekly
stages 10 Fort Verde.
Vie Peach Spring. &c ta3 Grand
Canon ofthc Colorado, 70 lp..as.
Viz KtDgmaa, daily stages 60 Stockton
Hill, 10 miles; Mineral Park, iG miles; Ger
bat IA miles.
Via Yucca TO = gnal, 10 miles.
Via Needles, steamer 10 Yurra, Colorado
river agency, Fort Mohave, Mohave City.
uardyville, bilzona; ana III Dorado Canon.
Nevada.
w. 4. Bissefi.
General Passenger Agent.
ID. ID. Robinson. Gen'I Manager.
Albuquerque, n. ii.
Mohave County miner., 1887-01-02

= L,gan. inspector Of olsctioa.
GsnsraI kGnd, Is
@. Allyn, cork Of election,
q NQgsl Fund, go tssrstt 80
assigned to Watkins Bros
M.P. " Taarson, conatabis at
eleltlou. General Frnd,
sss,p 7ed 10 Watkins Bros.
A !. yillnrn clerk Of election
oenstal Fn d, ...9- 8
Assigned % Watkins Bros.
z. 7. Coliinga, ;u.'ge If election
General Func.
Assigned 10 Watkins B!c5.
VI. L. Frost. C'snst. bls&t election
GsuoTai Fund.
Assigned 20 " Satl5ns Brog.
J.J. yyDsh, i1t.o dcis,i:9s Hca.
era Fu1I,
As.igusd - W,t@;ns Bt,1-
q. Bccansr. rcCiJkriuG 'p.sFs ~.s
GsrGrai iacri, "as#. -
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tlcc, t:eatr.! Ir:Ta,
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Gen ia! Fv3L.
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III, ct ". IL. G.I.1 fHr C,'v Ssl -
eier& O. sioc ~ dis.Io%rL
Jd n l:lvgv ;1'p,r.o- ~ "ieTs.oE .essl
&c g gaST,i f17d.- 81
hgzisrs 20 II. E4:kf' -.
Bit Of yoh1 F.sigsg fo1 soTri3:1 as
clerk OF eleo.ion dsti!e'sa&. ~ -
J.H. ESr,cr, iafpI2:or ot election
anI ys.,;;.s.asia .so.sSt General
! F,na IL u
X. L. Frtz:.r. ~ lge % election s " e.
Genera i nj, Se-
J. Il. Ml ring, ok II Go. tion
Mohave County miner., 1887-01-02
ARRIVAL s. DEPARTURE OF NAIL.

ARRIVAL g. DEPARTURE OF NAIL.
Mineral Park to Kingrnan and all points
east ayi west, daily, cxcep. Sundays.-
AYrivns L. M. leaves p. m.
Mineral Park so 81. Ihomss-A Arrives
Tu2saay, Thursday and SATURDAY at J a. m.
Leaves Monaay, Wednesday and Friday ~
IA. N.
Mineral Park to osignai--AfrivesT Tuesday.
Thursday and Saturday ut 1900 Ia., leaves
Nonday, Wednesday and Friday as l p. me-
w. II. EaDzs. p. M.
soae,aJ notices in the rssding oolumns OF
Ana JryEs vii, DO charged at the rate OF
ceu Cents per line for each insertion.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-04-08
ABOUT WOMEN.

In India there ar four female missionaries
TO every 1000, 900 of women.
There are 81 more women than men in
massachusetts, and the surplus in loston is 49,
go.
Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartoris has taken n
house in London until the Easter holidays are
over.
Mrs. Cleveland has been enjoying a visit
from her former schoolmate and confidential
friend, Miss Jelt, of New York
young woman of Detroit who recently
inherited ;250090, has refused thirty offers
of marriage III the last three months.
Miss Ethel Dickens grand daughter of
Charles Dickens, has started n typewriting
office for the copying of parts and prompt
books
AT Il typewriter contest in New York last
week ON contestant, Miss NJ. c. Grant, is said
to have written 3S4 words in four minutes and
forty-two seconds
The widow of Garibaldi lives in a quiet
street of Turin, the walls of her little parlor
covered with flags, medals and other memen-
toes of the dead hero
Miss Elsie de Wolfe, one of New Yorks
most successful amateur actresses, is said to De
going on the professional stage la Mrs.
James Brown Potter
Princess Mary, of Cambridge, Queen Vic
torias cousin and the wife of the impecuniOus
Duke of Teck, is so popular in England that
she is called The Queen of Hearts"
Queen Ranavalona III of Madagascar is a
brave young woman only % years of age,
and is snid 20 be sincere Christian About
100000 of her people also profess the Chris
tian religion
Evelyn college for young women, which is
to be under the direction of Princeton nroees-
sors, is TO &c opened soon. Rev. Dr. .-cCosh
viii be president and his two daughters will
act as principals.
Mrs Amanda Greeley, sister of the late
Horace Greeley, is living in Warren county,
Pa. She is 70 years old, and was married to
her cousin, Lowell Greeley, who has been
dead some years She was recently stricken
with paralysis
Mrs. Tooney. childess widow, is one of
the richest women in Pttsburg. She is over
60 years old, lives in one room, does all her
own work, including the care of her room
and the collecting of her rents. At the death
of her husband his property was worth not
less than $4,000, 900.
The Society for the Collegiate Instruction
Of Women, Familiarity known as the Harvard
Annex, shows that during the past collegiate
year thirty-two colleges and schools have sent
women to the Annex. The number has been
seventy -three-eighteen more than for the
previous year. A share in the increase is at.
tributed to having a building for its sole use
There is an increasing demand for teachers
trained in the Harvard methods.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-04-08
STORIES ABOUT CHILDREN.

Little Robbie, aged 3, has very indulgent
grandma, but she can be firm when flrmness
is needed The little fellow had been having
some candy; he asked for more "No," said
she, you have had enough lie begged, but
she was in1exible. At last he rushed to the
front window, threw aside the lace cur
tains, lift d his eyes heavenward, and said,
beseechinSly: bod, please put it into the
heart of this lady to give me some more
candy"
Said a minister's 7-year-old son: Papa, do
you ever look at me while you are preachingY p
The father, thinking that he was little hurt
by supposed neglect, said Certainly, my
SON; | often look at you and think of you
when | am preaching" "But to-day did you
notice mo at all!' Yes, did son, several
times" said the father We'll, papa, did you
see me wink at you two or three timeSl" mo,
my son. what did you wink at me for when
| was preachin, y Il winked at you. papa,
to get you to stop You We're spinning it too
long st. Louis Observer.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-04-08
LITERARY NOTES.
It is said that Miss Cleveland's new novel is
to be called Rex and ex Rex"

It is said that Miss Clevelands new novel is
to be called Rex and Rex"
NJ. de Lesseps is to bring out volume of
in his eventful life.
Senator Reagan, the only surviving mem
Der of jefferson Davis cabinet, proposes to
publish his "reminiscences of the Confed-
eracy."
George w Peck, of bad Boy" fame has
written a new book, "IIow Private George
W. Peck put down the Rebellion" 1t is said
to be somewhat different from The Century
war papers.
Robert Grant the Boston author is only
50 years Old His fathers name was Patrick,
and his mother was daughter of Hon. iona
than Mason, United States senator in the
early part of the century.
Hjalmar Hiorth Boyesen. must make be-
tween his professorship at Columbia college
and bis writings at least $4,000 year. He
is a big, robust, red whiskered man, not az
all like literary Teller"
Mrs. Harriet Taylor-Upton, daughter of
Hon. Elijah Taylor has been engaged in
Washington for some months upon an impor
tant historical series for Wide Awake, en-
titled THE Children of the White House"
Elaborate attacks on Mr. Rider Haggard
appear in The Pail Mall Gazette and The New
York Tribune, which accuse the author of
She of plagiarism on large scale from
Thomas Moores "Epicurean." Mr. uag-
CARDS readers are anxiously waiting for him
TO plagiarize some more.
AS in England, fiction heads the last years
record of publications in America. There
was 4S2 works of fiction published during
1856, against All religious books and rs re-
lating to biography. The general list con.
ssts of 3,70S volumes, and the "library
volunes"-that is pirated works chiefy-of
1,5j1 publications.
A book entitled de Monde DIES Prisons, -
just published by the former chaplain of the
famous Roquette France prison, Able
Moreau, is exciting great deal Of comment
on account of the structures it contains upon
the treatment of the prisoners there on the
part of the director and the common jailers
There is even talk of the author being prose
cuted for libel by the first named functionary.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-04-08
SCIENTIFIC.

The habit of administering medicines in
capsules has received set back in the an
nouncement that, if there is any form Of al
cohol in the stomach at the time of swallow
ing the capsule, its gelatine is rendered insol-
uble. When the stomach has been rendered
irritable from excuses in strong drink, medi
cines should not be given in capsules, as they
are not likely to be dissolved.
An exchange says that the detective camera
is so constructed that the touch of a spring
starts it noiseessly into action, and is vari
ously inclosed as to resemble a paper
covered package, hand satchel, etc. The
latest invention in this line is the "vest
camera" fiat disk, shaped and sized like a
pie, which is carried under the vest, the all
seeing eye Of the lens doing duty as an limo
cent looking button.
Information drifts here from abroad to the
effect that firm of Berlin engineers is now
making device for signaling the passage of
train by means of mercury. The detection
of one rail of the line caused by the passage
of train is caused to press upon the elastic
diaphragm of a vessel fixed under the rail
and containing mercury. The mercury is
forced up a side tube SO as To complete an
electrical circuit and ring bell or work some
other indicator.